NEWNAN, Ga. — Police are looking for the person who sprayed bullets into a home filled with children.
Newnan police told Channel 2 Action News that four girls were inside the home on Reynolds Street having a sleepover when someone outside fired a gun into the home around 11:30 p.m.
Two of the girls, both 11, were hit by gunfire.
"We ask you to have a heart, understand that we want to speak to you. We will hopefully track down leads and locate you and this is your opportunity to come forward and let us know what happened in your own words," Newnan Deputy Police Chief Mark Cooper said.
Kocoyo Elder, who lives in the neighborhood, was home watching TV with her grandkids when she heard the gunshots.
"We paused the TV and we heard the sirens, and we came on the porch and saw a lot of police and there were a lot of people walking this way," she said as she described the scene to Channel 2's Lori Wilson.
One of the girls was hit in the cheek. The other was shot in the thigh. They were taken to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston. Both are listed as stable.
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One of the girl's mothers was home at the time.
"When you arrive and you find that two 11-year-old girls were enjoying a sleepover with family and friends and they've been shot now, that tugs at your heart," Cooper said.
Investigators believe the gun used was a 9mm. Police were able to count seven bullet holes in the home.
"I couldn't sleep until I got up this morning and knew they were OK," one of the mothers said.
Neighbors are hoping for justice, but worry about an attempt at retaliation.
"It grieves my spirit knowing that two young ladies could have possibly lost their life in this area. That's not right," said Pastor Render Godfrey, who lives in the area.
More than anything, they want the violence to stop. One neighbor, who asked Wilson to use her first name Jackie, says she constantly worries living in this area.
"I've been terrified for years because every other month there's always something going on," she said.
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